Film splicing machine



1943' -J.-' BAZELL FILM 'SPLI C ING MACHINE med May 4, 1938 s Sheets-Sheet 1 4s 50 30 2g; su ge INVENTOR. 1006 Baze/l M A TTORNE Y Aug. 3, 1943. J. BAZELL FILM SPLICING MACHINE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 4, 1938 I I MIHII'IlI-Ih W 74 AL nHn n pin n n n HHPE IN VEN TOR.

(/0005 Baze/l ATTORNEY Aug. 3, 1943. J. BAZELL FILM SPLICING MACHINE Filed May 4, 1938 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INIIENTOIL' .haob Bate/l Mil/03% ATTORNEY PatehteJAug. 1943 t macaqu ,ffgmes, each jjot which has length equa1'3to four sprocket holes orperforati onsF-Of 5 this x epairpit s, essential that ghefm'm t shortened Otheithan precisely mun;aneqt emrt i-pmjw the ecranedmx t iremthemlecrmdpert. yAnuther tqbjeet o1? lithe ia-incz egez q in {it Jae "Bazell,

pietqtesl on mqtionpicture mine are dr- The intermittent sprocket is thenheld stationery thelight passea throughfthe mm ohte'thel 'sei'eem Sometimes thiSffilm :breaks and this necessary to repa izythel sameiu it 1 e sential"in meklhQlhis repair that a Ie'hgth ef the film areundgthe break shall be cut-uten the two 'enQe brought together and spliced, biitin' glnng uld by elerigth precisely qual to ohebi I more flames: If;forineteheeifthere axefourt filmisehorteried by an" amountzexajetly torre" to the length'of one frimerj-fl tion I have provideda gtzide means for a Seminar 60 r j'mmlatma'ot a flle seas te teqrrectly pcmition themapel andtoscmperthe emulsig'nitfrom the anew-aim leavea elem-outline sebarah'me 1 Stiteiii v siggo; to In ematti onal Project Y' F WF QE t t fAvialimtiommr-4', was; swam was; t t

t r N t ljl a e mi V, invention-relates tothe' impiibvenientsih f ifflimfj tglicingmaehinesyk the soundtrack. Ifthere is even'aminuteipnrr tionof thesuund track sex dpedxsoala to'emitlight thereflmughendhQt subsequenfly covered up, it L will create atdisenrglant noise. withfmylmnroved :qonst'ruetion this positively is e1lminate1 ?by scraping exactly the amqunt necessary., t be re- 1 moved and 'by' enttingrthe other and 01 the, film softhat there is ai sman projeetlqn thatwfll overs Hertha i'sdu nd strack as; 1 preeguuenary'measure 1 s0 that 1! by any; chance" the se undgtraoktwas scraped, even athousandthmt mam-buyout rwhat it shouldhaverbeen serapedythislittleitab' I v on 'the end-'0! the-other pieeed! nlmwouldbe V I brought. into positien-toovjerl ie theseiaped portion of the sound track and therebyblqt out any 1 light; which lhiight otherwisepass therethmugh,

't herebyf'positively eliminating "any discordant 'nbisel r V In splicing a. negativejfilm the amount which positive film is empmyedJI havupmvided adjust-able means to accommodate either a positive or a negative flllnso as to that would be scrapei In nnni'spuang 'meehihes heretofore emp e ed J t it has generally been necessary to prpvidew'hatq; t I

' 'isknown-as a blqoping patoh -which isia-piteh aboutthe endol met-name diagdnally aerqs the 1 ealidrfrime tdtheoppesite side of the film at the pdlnt wliemit is'patched and thenee diagonally acrdss to the flrst side" on thefnext immeadja 'eent tneepnee, I 'have zoundf that 'withf, the Deflection e'ttalntdfwith myjmpl'oved splicing z 1 Anomembjeca pr th inventi6nisft provide P sitive cemndtuatmg mean'slto-move-one' end of.

the fihnvafter: itfhasi been "out" into exa'ct position with-the otherenfief the film mfdftomeke I l theisplice; the said movement dfxthefilm' and the pressingof thenddi the flim'thuemdvedihto 1 engagementwiththe other end of the film being V all-mph! qperatlezt It vi;'essentialthat-after the be mehtjis eppliedytdthe scrapedpontipn ef the flhnflifi t the ether nd Of thefllm" shduld be 'brought iiztol cbntaet' therewith and pressed fir! u hteiigagement therewith atthe earliest possible n xpme'nt for if th erei is a, delay, the Qsaid", cement which dries very quicklymight mzikeen m g g u g 1 er; autmiancee tezmg maa satp mzemrie mev; I able gr-116F 90 gsiwposmog the ena -9f thefllm Fig. i

' V :Fig; '12 is similar but with thelids closed ,left as viewed in ,thesaid figureinto exact position Other objects andadvantages of the invention 7 will appear in the detailed specification and claims which follow. a 1 Fig. 1 is a plan View showing: the clamping lids inopen position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing theclamping lids inclosedposition.

. Fig. 3- is a 'front elevationa l' view similar to "Fig.1; j

Fig. 2.

I Fig; 5 is a side elevational view of the scraper and brush on the guide mechanism therefor.

Fig. 6 is a view taken'at rightangles to Fig.- 5.

is a front elevational view similar to V 2,825,651 with regard-to the other end in its open position or so that when the catch [2 is .released from the catch IS the said spring I! will move the lidintoits open position.

g A U-shaped anvil and stationary cutter i5 is attached to the base'plate I, which anvil is provided with two upstandingsides terminating in a stationary scraper and presser plate ll and a plate [8 forms the opposite leg-thereof The top and side wallsof the plates [land [8 provide cutting edges I 9 andZiLandthe top of the plates ll and I8 are in alignment with the bed 6 so that, the

film will notjhave to'make any bend in passing over the bed Band the plates IT and i8, and they v.fextendto the same elevation as the movablebed Fig. 7 is a planview of th fixed and movable I u't; showing the movable v has Fig.1 11 is an endsrelevetioniei est-I of .Figfii looking from the right of said figure. aporition or the base beingbroken-aW'aY to show the internalstructure.

' Fig. 13 is a view takenjat right angles to Fig. 12

and. showing the position of the movable bed 7 when the. knife has been. operated and with the scraper in position;

' Fig, 1e isa view similar aegis Zbut showing the scraper removedand withithelmovable bed having been moved one-half of, its distance tofthe Fig. 15 is a View similar to Fig. iebiii. showing the movable bed at' the completion of its movement towards the anvil. r

. ,Fig.,16fis aplan View for. adjusting means for thecam positioning means;

, Fig.1? isaside View thereof 'on' the 'lin'll Ii-Fri t;0ff,fFig. 16;-,; V I i f "Abaseisi provided .consisting'of; a base plate i l with four.sidejplatesj extending downwardly I therefrom; If desired, certain of the side plates "canbe provided'with outstanding lugs3 provided with holes adapted to receive screws 4 so that the same maybe secured to lany' support. Beneath .thebaseplate'l and within the saidplat'es 2 is a and ,2! when the sameiis in'its depressedposition will be hereinafter described. a

The movable bed 21 is provided with guides 22 which form acontinuation of the guides 7 on the i the slot so as to absorb thecrank pin 36.]

0 the brackets Hand 29..

fixedbed. The movable bed 2! is also provided with pins 23, similar to the pins 3 on the fixed bed; It is likewise provided with a lid 24 which is hinged to the same precisely as the lid ll isllinged to the fixed bed'fi'. I The .movablebe'd' 2! ,is integral or secured to a strap 25 which at its rearward end" is provided with a bossf26 through which projects a spindle. 21 mounted in brackets '28 and 29 respectively'upstanding from thev base plate I- Buffer springsgSfl are positioned'on each side of theboss 26 and between the;same and the presser' plate H. The means for moving it consists of '2. depending lug 3| provided with a hole through which'passes a shaft 32 which, ex tends .throughlugs 33 upstandingfrom ashifte able bar 34 which is provided with a slot 35 into which projects a crank pin 36 on a crank ar'm 3'! which issecuredqto a crank shaft '38 through which is attached a manually-operated Crank :59. l Spring controlled shock absorbing pins- All are carried by the -shiftable bar 34 and project into any shock imparted by The under side of the movable bed. 2i is o vided with two centering holes lil and 4. 2 respectively, 'each of whichare provided with cam sides so 3315 to receive a cam pin 46 projecting upwardly from the baseplate I when the parts are inj-the V position-shown in Fig.13. The pin 43 extends within the centering hole 4 l and the film should now be positioned on the movable bed, the crank chamber 5' which 'receives'xthe crank operating mechanism and the heads of bolts by which the .r'

mechanism mounted on the base plate] .m

secured thereto.- v 7 g V a A fixed'b'ed 6 issecured to the base plate l'and "y be .is provided with upstanding guide'plates '1' so that a film might be positionedbetween the said guide plates and so'that. pins 8 extending upwjardly ironrthe'bedwould'be in position to project through the sprocket holes ofthe film. :The fixed bed 5 has lugs '9, projecting from the rear thereo'flwhich lugs are provided withvv holes which receive a spindle l0 on which islmounted allid l I. It mightbe'more briefly stated that the lid H is hinged tothe fixed bediij' The lid ii is provided with a .catjch l 2 jatithe' front thereof which ena I gages;acatch -.l3 on thefixed bed plate when the lid is*in its closed' position. as shown in' Figs. 2

and 4. The lid II is provided with-holes: I4 so thatwhen the lid is. closed, 'the pins 8;.will proj set into the said holes 1' l4; )A'springfllfi is,coi1ed around: the spindle l0; tending; to retainthe lid handle beinginthe positionshown in dotted lines in Fig. 13. When, however, the crank handle 39 is rotatedanti-clockwise the, movable bed is I moved upwardly by means of the crank pin flfi so thatthe centering hole 4! is removed from the pin 43 andasthe .manua-lcrank 39 continuesits movement in-lan anti-clockwise direction intothe position shown in Fig. 15, which'is the finished position, the pin 43 will project into the center.- ing hole d2} Theobject of this movement of the movable bed is to move thejfilm after it hasgbeencut, as Will hereinafter be described; th exact distance required as set forth in the .objects of the invention and the" cam shaped pin with its corresponding cam shaped centering holes'is an essential feature of'the correct positioningof the movable bed before 'moved. ...x If after long use the parts became somewhat worn, it'might be necessary to adjust toa minute degree the position of the'pineil." This might'be' done in a number of different ways. In Fig.13 I have shown the pin-.43 as onset to a minute The boss 25 is slid'able, eiiiiie spindle 2i se es tomove the movable bed-'2 Itowardor away from itLis moved and after it is may be adjusted relative to thefixed bedl l v 110,3 As a subcombination of 1a filrn splic'er; a Y fixed bed onqwhich afiln fmay be clampedfa plate-provided with a cutting edge, [said plate} lylngnin the plane with said bed,;the film extending overfsaid bed and plate,"means tosever' said; film at said cutting edge so that said film after being cut extends over said {bed and plate, a: clamp carried by said bed and adapted to clamp the film thereto, "a guide bar carried by said (318.1111),5 scraper slidable on said bar: so thatas 'saidscraper isreciprocated. it will scrape off a predetermined widthiof emulsion-from the film 1 from said. film and means whereby the guide and meansto adjust the guide bar relat'iveto the clamp so as w bring it closer to or further away fromthe cutting edge so a to vary the'width of able bed on whichdamaged film may be placed, a fixed cutting member provided iv rith two upstanding arms extending to the same plane as the 1 top of the fixed bed, a n1ovable cuttera dapted to v I cutout the damaged 'filni between 'saidarmssaid a l V movable bed beingpositioned closely adjacent one mutter can beoperated, means to movesaid mov bar f able bed vertically so as to clear said arm, then jlaterallyover said arm and thensubs tantially vertically sothat :said arm will projectinto a i n slot. in said movable bed and means carried by r said movable bedto pressthe endof the film on l the movable bed in overlapping 'position on the film on the-fixed bed. i r I e. 12.As a subcombina'tionof a film splicer, a n

, presser plate, an arm parallel'to and spaced from the presser'plate, a movable bed on which dam- If I agedlfilm may be placed and carryinga pressing.

(plate, the movable bed lying closely adjacent the y l arm when in one position and being provided with Q a .slot into which the arm projects when the i movable bed'is ina second position and means i l to move the bed from itsfirs t to its second p'osi A tion by first raising it vertically so as to clear I said am, thenlaterally over said armand then vertically so asjt'o" lower saidbed with the arm projecting intoisa'id slot and so that the pressing;

- plate willpress the filzntowards the presser plate; 3

' 13JAs asubcombination of a film splicer, a

g movable bed, a crank, means operated by'said 3 1 crank to lift said bed vertically thenvshift itflat- Lerally andthen lower said bed vertically. V

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